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FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY ADVISORY COUNCIL Hyatt Place Marathon, FL 33050 April 19, 2016 FINAL MINUTES FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY ADVISORY COUNCIL Hyatt Place Marathon, FL 33050 April 19, 2016 FINAL MINUTES The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council met on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 in Marathon, Florida. Public Categories and government agencies were present as indicated: Council Members Conservation and Environment: Ken Nedimyer (Chair) Conservation and Environment: Chris Bergh (Vice Chair) (absent) Boating Industry: Bruce Popham Citizen at Large – Lower Keys: Mimi Stafford (absent) Citizen at Large – Middle Keys: David Vanden Bosch (absent) Citizen at Large – Upper Keys: David Makepeace Diving – Lower Keys: Don Kincaid Diving – Upper Keys: Rob Mitchell (absent) Education and Outreach: Martin Moe Elected County Official: George R. Neugent Fishing – Charter Fishing Flats Guide: Tad Burke Fishing – Charter Sports Fishing: Steven Leopold Fishing – Commercial – Marine/Tropical: Ben Daughtry Fishing – Commercial – Shell/Scale: Justin Bruland (absent) Fishing – Recreational: Jack Curlett (absent) Research and Monitoring: David Vaughan South Florida Ecosystem Restoration: Pete Frezza Submerged Cultural Resources: Corey Malcom Tourism – Lower Keys: Clinton Barras Tourism – Upper Keys: Andy Newman Council alternates (present) Boating Industry: Kenneth Reda Diving – Upper Keys: Elena Rodriguez Citizen at Large – Upper Keys: Suzy Roebling Citizen at Large – Middle Keys: George Garrett Conservation and Environment: Caroline McLaughlin Diving – Lower Keys: Bob Smith Fishing – Charter Fishing Flats Guide: Will Benson Fishing – Commercial – Shell/Scale: Jeff Cramer Fishing – Recreational: Bruce Frerer Research and Monitoring: Shelly Krueger Submerged Cultural Resources: Diane Silvia Tourism – Lower Keys: Joe Weatherby Local Elected Officials City of Key Colony Beach – Mayor Jerry Ellis (absent) City of Key West – Mayor Craig Cates (absent) City of Layton – Mayor Norman Anderson (absent) 1 City of Marathon – Mayor Chris Bull (absent) Village of Islamorada – Vice Mayor Deb Gillis Agency Representatives Florida Department of Environmental Protection: Joanna Walczak FWC Division of Law Enforcement: Captain Dave Dipre FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute: Tom Matthews NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service: Heather Blough NOAA Office of General Counsel: Karen Raine (absent) NOAA Office of Law Enforcement: Kenneth Blackburn (absent) Dry Tortugas and Everglades National Park: Christopher Kavanagh U.S. Coast Guard (USCG): LCDR Michelle Comeaux U.S. EPA: (absent) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), National Wildlife Refuges Florida Keys: Chris Eggleston U.S. Navy: Matt Martin I. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, AND MEETING MINUTES APPROVAL OF 2/16/16 DRAFT MEETING NOTES Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call MOTIONS (Passed) Chairperson Nedimyer welcomed everyone. A motion was made by George Neugent and seconded by Bruce Popham to approve the minutes from the February 16 meeting with the following correction made: NOAA Fisheries issues aquaculture permits, not the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council. Motion passed unanimously. Clinton Barras made a motion to adopt the agenda. The motion was seconded by Bruce Frerer. Motion passed with no opposition. Chairperson Nedimyer commented that the Keys are a special place and are worth saving. He has been diving elsewhere in the Caribbean during this last year and while there are some very nice reefs, the Keys environment has very healthy fish populations, reefs and greater diversity. Some corals in the Keys are very hardy and this means there is hope for the future. He feels that everyone in the room cares and that focusing on the positive is the way to approach things. Chairperson Nedimyer recognized Clinton Barras and Floridakeys.com for recording the meeting, which is broadcast live and is archived on the sanctuary’s website. II. VESSEL IMPACTS TO SHALLOW WATER HABITAT: GROUNDING AND PROP SCARRING FKNMS Enforcement and Emergency Response Coordinator Steve Werndli gave a presentation entitled Vessel Impacts to Shallow Water Habitat: Groundings and Prop Scarring in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. To view this presentation, visit http://floridakeys.noaa.gov/sac/othermaterials/20160419fknmsshallowwater.pdf. The presentation provided an overview of vessel groundings with information on authorities, zoning, injuries, restoration and management strategies, challenges and responses. As part of the marine zoning and regulatory review, the Shallow Water Wildlife and Habitat Protection Working Group addressed shallow water habitat impacts, including methods used to salvage vessels. 2 Discussion/Comments (advisory council) • More education and enforcement can help with this issue. The amount of outreach and enforcement that can be done is related to budget, which is given to the sanctuary by Congress. • Individuals can communicate to Congress their support for the sanctuary and the need for more enforcement and outreach. • The FKNMS education and outreach raises awareness about this issue at events and through other fora. • FWC is the primary enforcement agency and also conducts outreach on boating impacts. • Other agencies are also involved in addressing groundings, including USFWS, NPS, Coast Guard and Monroe County. FKNMS personnel are involved in conducting the restoration work and/or a contractor may be hired. Large injuries where there is high vessel traffic would be a higher priority injury for restoration compared to another place where healing is likely to occur naturally. • A question was asked as to what can be done about these party aggregations throughout the Keys. Concerns were expressed in particular for the party beach area on Lower Matecumbe Key, which is extremely popular with boaters in the summer months and has a tremendous impact environmentally and socially. The residents have tried to find ways to curb this activity, but haven’t found an avenue to address this problem. The difficulty is that access can’t be limited very easily and it’s not easy to regulate this kind of use. One solution that worked inside Biscayne National Park near Elliot Key was to install buoys and then limit the number of people who could tie up to those buoys. • Concerns were expressed for the “lakes” entrance, which has very healthy seagrass and has hundreds of scars because it is shallow. Vessels that are too large regularly transit through the channel. Mr. Werndli noted that this area was mentioned in the working group and is should have a controlling depth sign to warn people. • The suggestion was made to charge people to enter the Keys to help offset some of the costs as is done in other communities. This issue has been discussed by the council and its working group. Monroe County government officials have discussed this with legislators and the governor. Money from a road toll goes toward road maintenance and repairs. • The fact that technology used to collect fees has changed might have an impact on whether tolls can be collected in the future. To do so would require legislative support. • One of the challenges regarding the toll road is that the highway is federally owned and that is why Monroe County can’t put a toll on it. If a toll were to be collected, it would be difficult to get the money to be used locally. Groundings and other similar incidents should be reported to FWC dispatch (888-404-3922) or *FWC or #FWC on a cell phone. Be prepared to provide FWC with appropriate information. FWC has a resource reporting system online (MyFWC.com). III. FLORIDA KEYS SHALLOW WATER BOATING IMPACT ANALYSIS AND TRENDS ASSESSMENT — PRELIMINARY RESULTS Conservation Consultant Curtis Kruer gave a presentation entitled Florida Keys Shallow Water Boating Impact Analysis and Trends Assessment—Preliminary Results. To view this presentation, visit http://floridakeys.noaa.gov/sac/othermaterials/20160419boatingimpacts.pdf Mr. Charles Causey introduced Conservation Consultant Curtis Kruer, who has extensive experience and knowledge on the subject. Mr. Kruer is currently working on a shallow water boating impact 3 analysis and trends project sponsored by the Florida Keys Environmental Fund. The project seeks to document the value and benefit of existing shallow water management and to assess trends and current conditions of seagrass meadows based on 2015 aerial photographs. It will also include a review of other shallow water managed areas around the state, including Everglades National Park. Part of Mr. Kruer’s project is to give support to the good work that was done by the advisory council’s Shallow Water and Habitat Protection Working Group and to provide information that supports the recommendations of the group. He acknowledged that seagrasses in areas in Florida Bay and elsewhere are also being affected by water quality. Seagrass flat degradation originates from physical destruction of the habitat and elevated turbidity and also occurs when passing vessels disturb fish and wildlife such as great white herons, reddish egrets and migratory shorebirds that forage on the flats. Mr. Kruer reviewed the extensive history of shallow water habitat management in the Florida Keys. The review included highlights from dredging and seafloor destruction cases and the development of the Seagrass Outreach Partnership and the Boating Impacting Work Group and the publication of several reports. In 1995, the Seagrass Management Work Group was organized to work with the FKNMS on drafting the FKNMS management plan, which contains strategies for protecting seagrass. In 1993, at the request of local advocates
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